New Orleans police are investigating two shootings
Thursday (Sept. 26) that left two men wounded.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the Marigny about
9:45 a.m., police said. The man was walking in the 700 block of Frenchmen
Street when he was approached by an unknown man who he thought was possibly
going to rob him. The man pushed the unknown man away and ran, but before he
could get away, the man opened fire, striking him in the right arm,
police said.

The second shooting took place in eastern New Orleans as
a 19-year-old man was walking near the intersection of Buffalo Road and
Curran Boulevard. According to police, the man was approached by three unknown men who shot at him several times, striking him in the hip.

No further information is currently available on these
crimes. Authorities ask anyone with information to call Crimestoppers at
504.822.1111 or toll-free at 1.877.903.7867.